Psychological Distress in Patients with Symptomatic Vitreous Floaters

Table 1

Comparison of demographics, posterior vitreous status, and psychologic parameters between patients with symptomatic floaters and control.

	Symptomatic floaters ()	No floaters ()	values^a
Age, yrs	56.5 ± 10.3	56.3 ± 10.0	0.951
Female, (%)	41 (67)	22 (65)	0.804
Diabetes mellitus, (%)	9 (15)	6 (18)	0.711
Hypertension, (%)	20 (33)	7 (21)	0.206
Education, yrs	11.5 ± 3.4	10.7 ± 2.4	0.278
Outdoor occupation, (%)	6 (9.8)	0	0.090
Visual acuity (logMAR)	0.06 ± 0.13	0.03 ± 0.07	0.102
Refractive errors (SEQ), diopters	−0.9 ± 3.2	0.2 ± 2.6	0.101
Pseudophakia, (%)	4 (7)	1 (3)	0.652
PVD grading, (%)			0.011
No PVD	9 (15)	9 (27)
Partial PVD	4 (7)	9 (27)
Complete PVD	48 (79)	16 (47)
Depression (PHQ-9)	6.5 ± 6.3	2.3 ± 2.3	<0.001
Stress (PSS)	16.8 ± 6.7	14.2 ± 4.4	0.027
Anxiety (STAI)
State anxiety	43.2 ± 12.6	37.9 ± 8.0	0.014
Trait anxiety	43.2 ± 10.8	39.1 ± 8.4	0.058

^aStudent’s t-test and chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test used for continuous and categorical variables, respectively. logMAR: logarithm of minimal angle of resolution; PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9; PSS: Perceived Stress Scale; PVD: posterior vitreous detachment; SEQ: spherical equivalent; STAI: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.